DHL Paket is adjusting its parcel delivery prices for privatecustomers as of July 1, 2022. With the changes, the price advantagefor small parcel and parcel stamps purchased online will no longerapply to domestic parcel shipments. Prices in retail outlets willalso increase slightly for the Päckchen S and M product categories.The price for the 2 kg parcel, which is only available online, willrise from EUR 4.99 to EUR 5.49. Packset and Pluspäckchen productswill also cost slightly more due to the increase in paper costs.However, the price in retail outlets for the 5 kg parcel, theparcel product most used by private customers, is going down (EUR6.99 instead of EUR 7.49). Retail outlet prices for the 10 kg and31.5 kg parcels will remain unchanged. Eliminating pricedifferences between stamps bought online and in retail outletsreduces complexity and makes the company's parcel prices clearerfor customers. The price increases also reflect DHL Paket'sresponse to the sizeable increases in transport and labor costs,and other general cost inflation.
After six years of maintaining price stability in the company’sinternational parcel business, price changes are also planned forsome cross-border parcel and small package shipments from Germany.The company is only partially passing on to customers what are insome cases steep increases in airfares and the substantial rise incosts charged by delivery partners abroad to Deutsche Post DHL fordelivering merchandise items (known as "terminal dues" under theUniversal Postal Convention) in the form of price increases forsmall parcel dispatch. For parcel deliveries, the increased costsare only reflected in higher prices for shipments to the US.
In addition, the EUR 1.70 customs data entry fee for shipmentsto non-EU countries franked at retail outlets will no longer applyfrom July 1. Instead, it will be incorporated directly into therespective retail outlet prices for non-EU shipments at a rate ofEUR 1. In order to support Deutsche Post DHL's sustainabilitystrategy for export merchandise shipments in private customerdispatch as well, the GoGreen service will be included for allthese products from July 1, 2022, without customers having to paythe surcharge that would otherwise apply. This is already the casefor domestic parcel shipments.
In contrast to domestic parcels, the price differentiation ofshipments franked online remains in place, as direct electronicentry of the required data here generates cost benefits for DHLthat the company passes on to customers.
A comparison of international parcel prices published by theGerman Federal Network Agency in November 2021 shows that DHLPaket's prices are below the European average. This will notchange with the new price adjustments.